Repeal of Exemption On Bus Taxes Forecast
Hartford September 30 Finance committee reports favoring a bill to repeal the property tax exemption for bus companies. House caucus approved the repeal, with passage expected the next day. Senate chair Senator Newman M. Mevstius predicts Senate concurrence despite opposition. Local option tax proposals and other bus tax relief were sidetracked.
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Hartford
Finance Committee
House
Newman M. Mevstius
R-Trumbull
Senate
View Rebel Landing Reported in Cuba
Reports from Manzanillo say Cuban revolutionaries made a fresh landing near the spot where Fidel Castro first came ashore with 82 men last December. The reports were unconfirmed amid strict censorship and government crackdowns on constitutional rights. War planes flew low over the coast as army and navy forces patrolled the southeastern Oriente province.
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Havana
Manzanillo
Fidel Castro
Oriente
Castro
Batista
Anti Reds to Set Up San Marino Regime
In San Marino anti communist lawmakers reportedly form a new government in opposition to the Red regime. Ansa reports the regime was established just after midnight with an executive named by opposition parties claiming legitimate authority and extraordinary powers.
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REDS
San Marino
Ansa
Two Workers Hurt At SNETCO Building
A wooden plank fell from the fifth story of the Southern New England Telephone building under construction at John and Courtland streets yesterday at 10 15 a m injuring two ground workers. Jerry Grenay 85 of 165 Barnum avenue admitted with a lacerated forehead and head injuries reported fair condition. Stanley Diczkowski 62 of 81 Broad street treated for left shoulder injury and released. Police said a helmet saved Diczkowski from more serious harm.
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Southern New England Telephone Company
John and
Courtland Streets
Bridgeport Hospital
Jerry Grenay
Barnum Avenue
Stanley Diczkowski
Broad Street
Diczkowski
Pike Worker Hurt in Ladder Plunge
A 24 year old workman from Stratford fell 10 feet from a ladder at a Connecticut Turnpike toll booth in Stratford. Richard Donnelly was treated at Bridgeport hospital for possible internal injuries after the fall from an electrical installation job with Themer Electric of New Haven.
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Stratford
Bridgeport
Richard Donnelly
Success Avenue
Donnelly
Themer Electric Company of
New Haven
Fines Threatened for Gas Stations
Hartford AP reports about 800 gas station operators facing fines up to 600 for not renewing State Motor Vehicle Department gasoline retail dealer licenses. Connecticut has 4,200 operators required to renew by midnight. penalties scale from 100 to 600.
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Hartford
John J. Tyman
Connecticut
Edwin B Pratt
MVD
Toll tops 400 in train crash near Montgomery
An official late hour count in Montgomery West Pakistan reports more than 100 killed in a flaming railroad collision near Gamber station, with many women and children among the dead and over 100 injured, 50 serious cases. The passenger and freight trains collided. both locomotives were demolished.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Montgomery
West
Gamber Station
Ribicoff Proclaims Pulaski and Fire Days
Gavernae Ribicoff issued two proclamations naming October 11 Pulaski Day to honor Gen Casimire Pulaski and October 6 Fire Prevention Day. He noted 58 Connecticut citizens killed by fires, 77 injured, and $12.6 million in property losses in the year to July 1, urging steps to curb human carelessness.
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Hartford
Gavernae Ribicoff
Casimire Pulaski
Poland
Connecticut
Norwalk Fines Fighters in City Court
Two men from Norwalk were fined $100 each after a September incident in which one sustained a broken leg. Robert P. Dighton faced breach of peace charges, while Malcolm E. Sorrell was found guilty of breach of peace and acquitted of assault. The proceedings included multiple other fines and remands for motor vehicle and fraud counts.
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Norwalk
J. Allen O’connor
Robert P. Dighton
Paradise Street
Malcolm E. Sorrell
Silk Street
Ruby D. Montgomery
Spring Street
State Farm
Rudolph Lewis
Tolles Street
Florence M. Blake
Wilton Avenue
Eugene Goelthe
West Main Street
Charles J. McKahn
Walter Postell
James T. Prezzy
Wood Street
Manuel P. Gomes
New Bedford
Mass
Arthur Davies
Mayosite Avenue
Richard Och
Sugar Loaf Drive
Wilton
Ulysses Jackson
Moore Place
Elderidge H. Chapman
Barnum Avenue
Bridgeport
Michael Raine
Belltown Road
Stamford
Michael Cukor
Newtown Turnpike
West
Port
Catherine Cody
South Main Street
New Canaan
Michael P. Sander
Bouton Street
John Kurmai
Lisbon Drive
Fairfield
Louis Thom Las
Robert M. Audino
Chipmunk‘ Lane
Federal Judge Pushes Paid Public Defenders in U S Courts
Hartford report says U S District Judge J Joseph Smith urged appointing paid public defenders for destitute defendants unable to pay lawyers. He called for compensation to relieve judges and ensure fair workloads amid a panel at the Sec ond Circuit Conference. Another panel featured Judge Sylvester Ryan criticizing passive judges and supporting expert assistance in trials.
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Hartford
J. Joseph Smith
U. S
U.S. Second Circuit
Smith
Connecticut
Sylvester Ryan
New York
International Boxing Club
Ryan
Stratford councilman revival bill heads to House vote
Hartford report says general law committee favored a bill to restore revival provisions for Stratford councilmen under changes to Stratford town charter. The measure, proposed by Rep. William J. Smyth, addresses an inadvertent drop from a prior bill and will appear on the October 7 voting machines. Bonn notes further unemployment declines in West Germany.
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Hartford
General Law Committee
House
Stratford
William J. Smyth
Bonn
West Germany
Three injured in rear end crash on State Street
A three car rear end collision on State Street near Iranistan Avenue at 10 PM injured three people. Miss Rose Topalian 27 of Alex Street drove the lead car. Albert Zarifian 74 and Agavne Tortapian 49 suffered chest and shoulder injuries. Joseph Ferency 27 of Camden Street Fairfield injured abdomen. Frank R. Miller 39 of Edna Avenue was charged with reckless auto operation and license violation. All three injured taken to St Vincent's Hospital.
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State Street
Iranistan Avenue
Agavne Torpatian
Alex Street
Albert Zarifian
William Street
Rose Topalian
Ferency
St. Vincent's Hospital
Miller
Danbury Fair Exhibits Draw 5085 on Opening Day
Danbury Sept 30 a total of 5085 people viewed the exhibits today at the Great Danbury State Fair. Attendance for the first three days reached 66332, about 6000 more than the prior year. Fort Wilkins in Michigan’s upper peninsula remains the only stockade fort between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi River still standing as originally built.
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Danbury
Fort Wilkins
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Alleghenies
Mississippi River
Zoning and Planning Boards Set For Joint Organizational Session
The Zoning and Planning commissions will meet tonight at City Hall at 8 for their first organizational session. First Selectman Joseph H. Sauer says they will elect chairmen and frame a town zoning and planning program. Terms of members will run one to five years. The Zoning board includes Katharine Schwab, John Cooper Jr, Joseph Taylor, Francis O’Hara, Thomas Evans. The Planning board lists Charles Bardo, John Green, William Goodman, Albert Hamilton, Donald Taylor. Marriage licenses filed in Port Chester and Danbury for several couples.
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Zoning and Planning Commissions
First
Joseph HH. Sauer
Sauer
Board of Selectmen
Katharine F. Schwab
Tohn K. Cooper, Jr
Joseph F. Taylor
Francis R. O’hara
Thomas W
Tickets Required To Ride School Buses In Danbury
Danbury schools begin issuing bus ride tickets to 1 925 pupils beyond walking limits to reduce confusion and define eligibility. Drivers will check tickets starting today and students are urged to keep them safe.
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Danbury
Eye “Heh Ee
Thomas A
Keating
Board of Education
Chief Mazzia protests pension decision after 65th birthday
Police Pension board voted 4-2 against extending Chief Favorino J. Mazzia’s tenure past age 65. Mayor Devine will appoint an acting chief on Thursday. Mazzia says he will protest the pension amount and surplus trucks allocation cited in the decision.
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Pension Board
Gino J.arconti
Peter Wojnilko
Donald J. Flinder
John F. Roche
Daniel J. Devine, Jr
Thomas Lawlor
Police Pension Board
John A. Devine
Favorino J. Mazzia
Amy Begins Construction Of Nike Personnel Homes
The U S Army starts 16 five room dwellings for Nike personnel families at North Avenue and Bayberry Lane, on Federal Weston Road opposite Daybreak Nursery. Lieut C W Harper says completion expected in six weeks. New England District Army Corps of Engineers oversees the project.
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U.S. Army
North Avenue
Bayberry Lane
Nike
Weston Road
Daybreak Nursery
C. W. Harper
New England
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Registrars to Correct Voting List Act and Elections News
Local notices describe petitions filed for Representative Town Meeting District 4 with deadlines and sessions for registrars to correct voting lists. Reeded wards set polling places Staples High School and Greens Farms for the upcoming election while other civic items cover building permits and a bank branch development.
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F. Ethel Cashew
GOP
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J. Augustus Deakin
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Janet V. Lockwood
Port Chester
N.Y
Martin E. Sivacek
Clara Bogner
D’emilio
Barbara Coutinho
Mazzia
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Amy
Nike Personnel
Westport
Vigilant
Wilton Road
Greens Farms
Ichool
Jeanette Egan
Bluewater Hill
Egan
Lois R. Clark
Clark
Anthony J. Sweeney, Jr
Halescourt
Washington
Cipal
YMCA
Staples High School
Eugene A. Schmid
Greens’ Farms
Arthur A. Miller
Maple Lane
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
East State Street
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Connecticut National Bank
Water Company
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OFS
Temple Lodge
Mary Latimer
Byron B. Latimer
Edward J. Butner
Postmasters
Los Angeles
Cal
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Jack Turnbull
Liz Taylor
Donnie
Mike Todd
D. W. Vaast Garage
Jesup Road
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